Clay pigeon shooting

Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting at special flying targets known as clay pigeons, or clay targets, with a shotgun.

Clay shooters often use terminology from the past, when live pigeons released from a trap were shot, a practice banned in the United Kingdom from 1921. A target may be called a "bird", a hit may be referred to as a "kill", and a missed target as a "bird away"; the machine which projects the targets is still known as a "trap".